18 Jan

Growing as a photographer

Category: Web-related, Life, Photoshop, Photography, Art, Professional Work

The past year has been a decent one for me with respect to my skills as a photographer. I’m confident that I have made strides forward and improved my techniques. Much of that would not have been possible without Katya’s creative collaboration and encouragement; at the risk of sounding cliche, she’s opened my world to see things from all sorts of new perspectives.

I’m thrilled to say that in 2006 I was contacted by several publishers seeking to buy rights to publish some of my photos. This was both a first and a surprise for me, as I’ve never sought that. Keep your eyes peeled for the following:

AvtoMir - A photo I took of Vladimir Lenin’s souped-up Rolls Royce Silver Ghost with snow treads was featured in an article in Russian AvtoMir (CarWorld) Magazine (January 6, 2007 issue).

- The Russian Orthodox Easter Procession (Krestny Khod) photograph that I took from my balcony last April will be published by BullFinch Press in a book on holiday traditions around the world. It will go to press in October, more details to come.

One of my goals for 2007 is to sell a few more photos. Since these photo editors came knocking at my door, I figure that if I set such a goal before me, do some research, and get my photos circulated, I should at least be able to sell more stock photos than in 2006.

Anyone out there have experience or helpful articles on getting started in stock photography as a hobby?

Posted Thursday, January 18th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Filed Under Category: Web-related, Life, Photoshop, Photography, Art, Professional Work
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Responses to “Growing as a photographer”

Bridget
January 24th, 2007 at 6:41 pm

Hey Tom! I’m happy for you! You’re super talented.

Joseph
January 31st, 2007 at 1:30 am

That is great, good job.

I have been practising stock photography as a hobby since a few months:

http://www.fotolia.fr/p/9178/partner/9178

I did not sell a lot yet, but I hope to ba able to buy a good camera this year. So far I have been using only Fotolia, their traffic is rather modest compared to the big ones but it is growing very fast and has local agencies in 8 countries and soon in Japan. And they offer a good commission on each sell. So I am quite happy with it.

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